FIVE COMMONLY MISUSED VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS

REQUEST: This verb does not take the preposition ‘for’. a.       He requested for more money.(wrong) b.      He requested more money. (right) However, when request is used as a noun, it takes the preposition ‘for’. Hence, you can say:  The boy made a request for more money. 2.       COMPRISE: This...

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AVOID USING THESE REDUNDANT EXPRESSIONS

            A group of words in which at least one word is unnecessary because it's presence or absence does not affect the meaning that's already contained in the other word is known as a redundant expression.           Here are some redundant expressions you should avoid using: 1. They are constantly working on new innovations in the business. An innovation is ‘a new method,...

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FIVE WORDS YOU SHOULD AVOID USING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

    There are numerous supranational varieties of English in the world today. It is generally known that only two of those varieties are recognized (The Standard British English and The Standard American English). However, several words are misused by foreign speakers of the language while some do not even exist in the English dictionary. Below are some of the coinages and commonly misused words: 1. UPLIFTMENT: I wonder where...

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